Is iphone 4 the best design cellphone ever ?

[wadawow]

I believe so

I love the design... love the flat front and back. I hate the idea of curved edges coming back... the squareness is part of the reason I wanted this phone so badly. As for the slipperiness/delicateness, I put on my slickwraps ebony wood skin and never had an issue. Still gorgeous, still small, still slick... I dropped it 5 feet onto tile floor yesterday at work, my heart stopped, lifted the skin to see if it was damaged but not a crack and I swear the skin helped save it.
http://www.slickwraps.com/Ebony-Wood-Skin-iPhone-4-p/iphone 4 dark ebony wood.htm

 

[nebo1ss]

If anyone other than Apple had designed the IP4 you would all be saying what a terrible job they did. The phone has so many design flaws.

1. The square sides are not ideal on a phone, and does not fit well in the hand.
2. Glass back was a stupid idea.
3. Antenna on the outside of the phone was a disaster.
4. High failure rate of buttons is unacceptable in a device that is one year old.

Apple will return to a more traditional design with the Antenna inside the phone and a curved back and get rid of the Glass. Hopefully they will also do something about their component sourcing to reduce the failure rate of the switches.

 

[zachlegomaniac]

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Glass back, while looks great, is not good design in my opinion! From my profession design must be practical as-well as anaesthetically pleasing... and while the iphone has the aesthetics down, practical side not so much! still love the phone tho!

Totally agree.

 

[gimmeiphone]

I don't think so, I will choose Nokia N9, what do you think?

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think the n9 borrows VERY heavily from ipod nanos, with the same edges and rounded screen